free-floating

[free-floh-ting]

adjective

1. (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized.

   free-floating hostility.

2. (of people) uncommitted, as to a doctrine, political party, etc.; independent.

   free-floating opportunists.

3. capable of relatively free movement.

free-floating

adjective

1. unattached or uncommitted, as to a cause, a party, etc

Other Word Forms

• free-floater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of free-floating¹

First recorded in 1920–25